Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The Royal Art of Poison: Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicines and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman

3 reviews

dexkit10's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Excrement, Medical content, Vomit, Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Chronic illness

magikskydad's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Excrement, Infidelity, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Addiction, Body horror, Classism, Drug use, Gore, and Vomit

This book is a historical work that describes the history of poisoning. It is incredibly informative. Sometimes it is gory and traffic but it’s totally worth the read if your interested in the history of royalty, or the darker and stranger working of medicine.

witchleaves's review against another edition

dark funny informative mysterious sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Vomit, Infertility, Death, Body horror, Excrement, and Drug use

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, Child death, Alcohol, Classism, Misogyny, and Murder